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alexwild > Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter. filename: versicolor34
alexwild > Sphaeropthalma arota - nocturnal velvet ant. California, USA. filename: mutillid10
alexwild > A Mozena mesquite bug perches on its host-plant. Arizona, USA. filename: Mozena1
alexwild > The most northerly Acromyrmex species is the desert leafcutter A. versicolor. Here workers guard their nest entrance. California, USA.
alexwild > A mating swarm of the desert leafcutter Acromyrmex versicolor. Tucson, Arizona, USA.
alexwild > A mating swarm of the desert leafcutter Acromyrmex versicolor. The swarm is composed largely of males, as the arriving females are set upon almost immediately and fall to the ground in a ball of ants. Tucson, Arizona, USA.
alexwild > A mating swarm of the desert leafcutter Acromyrmex versicolor. Tucson, Arizona, USA.
alexwild > A single young queen leafcutter- hidden under piles of males- attracts dozens of hopeful mates in a frenzied ball of copulating ants. Acromyrmex versicolor. Tucson, Arizona, USA.
alexwild > A mating ball of desert leafcutters, Acromyrmex versicolor. The larger, red ant at the center is a young queen, the rest are males. Queens of this species mate with multiple males in one morning and store the sperm for use later.
Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter.

filename: versicolor34
alexwild > Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter. filename: versicolor34
Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter.

filename: versicolor34
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